Investigating Drones, Bad Data and Civilian Deaths In ‘Verax’

In this complex work of graphic nonfiction writer Pratap Chatterjee and artist Khalil Bendib, delve deeply into the global market for espionage technology, revealing the disturbing reasons behind growing civilian casualties from U.S. drone warfare in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Investigating Drones, Bad Data and Civilian Deaths In ‘Verax’

In this complex work of graphic nonfiction writer Pratap Chatterjee and artist Khalil Bendib, delve deeply into the global market for espionage technology, revealing the disturbing reasons behind growing civilian casualties from U.S. drone warfare in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Silvertail signs investigation into Daphne Caruana Galizia's death

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Investigation into the death of David Kelly to HoZ

Head of Zeus imprint Apollo is to publish An Inconvenient Death, an exploration into the death of Dr David Kelly by investigative journalist Miles Goslett. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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IEEE: 2016 will be the year of the drone, but there's bad news for MP3 players, digital cameras, and wearables

43 percent of UK consumers expect drones to be the most influential technology in 2016, according to IEEE’s annual survey, with smart phones (38 percent) and 3D printing (31 percent) close behind. The online survey, conducted in November 2015, questioned over two thousand adults to find out what... Continue reading at Betanews

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Bad Sex award cancelled to spare people from more bad things

The Bad Sex in Fiction Award 2020 has been cancelled with organisers saying people have been “subjected to too many bad things this year” already. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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'Walking Dead' just cast a bad, bad character

Many "Walking Dead" fans have been moping about over the past few weeks due to an unexpected and violent character death. Now the recent casting news of actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan has readers of the comic books in a tizzy.  Hero Complex can confirm that Morgan has been officially cast in the role... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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A Data Scientist Explains Some Approaches to “Big Data”

Context is everything when it comes to analyzing data, says Hilary Mason. Are you selling a million copies of a book, or one copy of a million books? The post A Data Scientist Explains Some Approaches to “Big Data” appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

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Data Giant Acxiom Launches Data Management Platform

It's a day for launching advertiser tools: not just Tremor Video but data leviathan Acxiom, as well, is bringing a new tool to the digital marketplace, and where Tremor has extensive publisher relationships to leverage its new DSP, Acxiom has all the information anyone could ever want about more... Continue reading at AdWeek

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IDG Enterprise Marries First, Third-Party Data With Launch of Premium Data Services

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Measurement Companies Are Making ‘Big Data’ Moves Ahead of NewFronts and Upfronts

Measurement companies are looking to measure up ahead of the upfront season, with Nielsen making "big data" announcements and the Joint Industry Committee (JIC) certifying Comscore and VideoAmp. To explain exactly what's going on in measurement, ADWEEK went to great... Continue reading at AdWeek

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Show Me the Data: PW talks with Katie Pryde

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‘God forbid that a dog should die’: when Goodreads reviews go bad

From cancelled books to ‘review bombing’, it might seem as though the website can make or break a career. But how influential is it really?Something dramatic happens on a social media platform every day. On Goodreads, the anachro­nistically designed website for logging, rating (out of five) and... Continue reading at The Guardian

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Katherine Min was ahead of her time. Four years after her death, her second novel proves it

Katherine Min's Korean American debut novel was ignored. After she died in 2019, publishers worked to put out her second novel, 'The Fetishist.' Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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Google now admits it could collect data in Chrome's Incognito mode

When users open an Incognito browser on Chrome, they'll see a notification warning them that other people using their device won't be able to see their activity but that their downloads, bookmarks and reading items will still be saved. Now, Google has updated that disclaimer in Chrome's... Continue reading at Engadget

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Data Overwhelmingly Supports Libraries and Library Workers: Book Censorship News, January 5, 2024

The data supports the work of libraries and library workers far more than it doesn't. That, plus this week's book censorship news. Continue reading at Book Riot

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Notable Literary Deaths in 2023

To the members of the literary community we lost this year, we say a last thank you, and goodbye. You will be missed. * “Belated literary star” Edith Pearlman, who broke out with Binocular Vision at the age of 74, died on January 1. She was 86. Suzy McKee Charnas, award-winning author of... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

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